Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Flowering Beauties!......

This rosebush is a gift from my daughter for Mother's Day last year. It is low in height, has beautiful orange buds that open to a peach color with a pale yellow center. Gorgeous!

This is a new variety of Cone Flower. It is called...Cone-fections (TM) Hot Papaya Coneflower (Echinaceapurpurea 'Hot Papaya' PPAF... Believe it or not, I found this beauty at Lowe's for $12.98! This is an immature flower, it will be much fuller when it opens up in a few days.

I found this beauty in my garden today. It is a rudbeckia--a double or triple one! It sure is pretty and I will save seeds from this one.

My garden is changing from lavender, pink and yellow to lavender, orange and yellow. It looks quite different from a few weeks ago.

This is a hydrangea that is just starting to color up. I planted this in 1990 and it has been beautiful every year, loaded with large blooms that are bright blue!

Another flower, close up!I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the beauties that live in my garden!

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I am a mother to two daughters, and I am blessed to have 6 grandchildren. I grew up in a large family, having 4 brothers and 6 sisters. My greatest love is gardening and I do that about 9 months out of the year. I also love to decorate cakes and have made many cakes for my family. I love to craft things and always have something in the works. So many things to do and so little time!